I had no idea what art was. There was one art class in high school, but it didn't … - Claes Oldenburg

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In this day and age, social media is a huge part of a business, which I actually love. It's a phenomenal platform to share your message, keep others and myself inspired and help keep your students connected to your events. The hardest part is the anonymous ability to say whatever you want.

Claes Oldenburg

I had no idea what art was. There was one art class in high school, but it didn't make a big impression on me. Then I went to college and thought I'd become a writer.

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Everything I do is completely original-I made it up when I was a kid.

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I'm in favor of an art that does something other than just sit on its ass in a museum.

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Because my work is naturally non-meaningful, the meaning found in it will remain doubtful and inconsistent - which is the way it should be. All that I care about is that, like any startling piece of nature, it should be capable of stimulating meaning.

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My rule was not to paint things as they were. I wasn't copying; I was remaking them as my own.

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Food is like clay; you can sculpt with it. Also it has an odor, and you can eat it. I don't eat a lot of cake, but I do make cakes! And unlike the Campbell's Soup Cans, my food is a humanized form and scale.

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